Sancta Maria Virgo (Thomas Knyght)
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- Editor: Jason Smart (submitted 2020-05-28). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 367 kB Copyright: CC BY NC ND
- Edition notes: Edited from the Gyffard Partbooks. Original note values retained. Transposed down a tone.
General Information
Title: Sancta Maria Virgo
Composer: Thomas Knyght
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Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SSST
Genre: Sacred, Antiphon
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
Manuscript c. 1572 - c. 1578 in Gyffard Partbooks, no. 90
Description: A setting, perhaps composed c.1540, of a memorial observed at Salisbury Cathedral from 1395 until the Reformation. Knyght's composition comprises an antiphon, a versicle and response and a prayer.
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Original text and translations
Latin text Sancta Maria Virgo, intercede pro toto mundo, quia genuisti regem orbis. |
English translation Holy Virgin Mary, intercede for all people, for you have given birth to the king of the world. |